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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
139 AM MDT THU OCT 20 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60    254 PM  78    1921  55      5       57       
  MINIMUM         39    634 AM  15    1969  30      9       30       
  AVERAGE         50                        43      7       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.72 1933   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.51   0.28     0.28    
  SINCE OCT 1      0.79                      0.51   0.28     0.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.13                     11.39   0.74    14.16    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1     19.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                        22     -7       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  315                       353    -38      300       
  SINCE SEP 1    571                       629    -58      623       
  SINCE JUL 1    638                       746   -108      697       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      7                        10     -3        4       
  SINCE JAN 1    311                       256     55      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        76      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        18      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2005.......SUNRISE   802 AM MDT   SUNSET   640 PM MDT   
OCTOBER 21 2005.......SUNRISE   803 AM MDT   SUNSET   638 PM MDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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